Strings Audition Requirements
Please select your instrument:
Cello - Undergraduate
- Major and minor scales.
- An etude.
- Two works contrasting in tempo and style like a movement of a concerto and a movement of a Bach Cello Suite.
Cello - MM
- A movement of a standard concerto (Dvorak, Schumann, Saint-Seans, Elgar, Haydn C or D, etc.) or comparable solo piece (Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Bloch Schelomo, etc.).
- Two contrasting movements from a Bach Cello Suite.
- An etude.
Cello - DMA
- A movement of a standard concerto (Dvorak, Schumann, Saint-Seans, Elgar, Haydn C or D, etc.) or comparable solo piece (Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Bloch Schelomo, etc.).
- Two contrasting movements from a Bach Cello Suite.
- An additional work of the applicant's choice.
Classical Guitar - Undergraduate
- Major and Minor Segovia or Shearer scales, two or three octaves.
- Three contrasting pieces from three different periods, memorized.
Classical Guitar - MM
- Three contrasting pieces from three different periods including two contrasting movements by Bach.
- All works should be memorized.
Classical Guitar - DMA
- A movement from a Concerto.
- A complete Bach Suite.
- An additional work of contrasting style.
- All works should be memorized.
Double Bass - Undergraduate
- Major scales, two octaves
- Two contrasting movements of a standard sonata or concerto, or two contrasting etudes
Double Bass - MM
- Two contrasting movements of a standard sonata or concerto
- One movement of work from an additional style period
Double Bass - DMA
- A complete concerto
Two contrasting movements from one of Bach's Suites for solo cello
Viola - Undergraduate
- An etude
- Two works contrasting in tempo and style
Viola - MM
- Two contrasting movements from one of Bach's Suites for solo viola
- A movement from one of the major viola concertos such as Bartok, Walton, or Hindemith Der Schwanendreher
- An additional work of contrasting style
Viola - DMA
- A complete Bach Suite for solo viola
- A movement from one of the major viola concertos such as Bartok, Walton, or Hindemith Der Schwanendreher
- An additional work of contrasting style
Violin - Undergraduate
- All major and minor three-octave scales and arpeggios
- Two works contrasting in style and tempo
- Applicants for the performance degree should prepare an outer movement of a standard concerto and a movement from one of Bach's Sonatas or Partitas
Violin - MM
- An outer movement of a standard concerto from the 19th or 20th century
- Two contrasting movements of one of Bach's Sonatas or Partitas for solo violin
- An additional work of contrasting style
Violin - DMA
- An outer movement of a standard concerto from the 19th or 20th century
- A complete Bach Sonata or Partita for solo violin
- The first movement of a Mozart concerto